INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Blazing...Visceral" ( Los Angeles Times ) · "Exceptional" ( Newsweek ) · "Bold...Heartfelt" ( New York Times Book Review ) · "Thought-provoking and thrilling" ( GMA ) · "Suspenseful and poignant" ( Scientific American ) · "Gripping" ( The Sydney Morning Herald ) From the author of the beloved national bestseller Migrations , a pulse-pounding new novel set in the wild Scottish Highlands. Inti Flynn arrives in Scotland with her twin sister, Aggie, to lead a team of biologists tasked with reintroducing fourteen gray wolves into the remote Highlands. She hopes to heal not only the dying landscape, but Aggie, too, unmade by the terrible secrets that drove the sisters out of Alaska. Inti is not the woman she once was, either, changed by the harm she’s witnessed―inflicted by humans on both the wild and each other. Yet as the wolves surprise everyone by thriving, Inti begins to let her guard down, even opening herself up to the possibility of love. But when a farmer is found dead, Inti knows where the town will lay blame. Unable to accept her wolves could be responsible, Inti makes a reckless decision to protect them. But if the wolves didn’t make the kill, then who did? And what will Inti do when the man she is falling for seems to be the prime suspect? Propulsive and spell-binding, Charlotte McConaghy's Once There Were Wolves is the unforgettable story of a woman desperate to save the creatures she loves―if she isn’t consumed by a wild that was once her refuge. Instant New York Times Bestseller Instant Los Angeles Times Bestseller Instant Washington Post Bestseller Instant Indie Bestseller #1 IndieNext Pick Book of the Month Club Selection A Most Anticipated Book ( Entertainment Weekly, Newsweek, Good Morning America, Bustle, Scientific American, Publishers Weekly, Sydney Morning Herald , BookRiot, Thrillist, PopSugar, AARP) "Blazing . . . Visceral . . . As McConaghy shows in this stunning book, the limits of language lead us to the limits of empathy." ― Los Angeles Times "A stunning amalgam ofenvironmental fiction and a deep exploration of personal relationships . . . Anexceptional book that captures the soul and breaks the heart, only to put itback together again." ― Newsweek (A Best Book of the Year) "Suspenseful and poignant . . . [Inti’s] story unfolds as a meditation on the social and scientific consequences of influencing ecosystems, while reminding us that humans and animals alike can break our hearts." ― Scientific American "Lyrical, captivating, thought-provoking and thrilling, this immersive read will capture your attention from the first page." ―Good Morning America "Bold . . . A heartfelt and earnest novel." ― The New York Times Book Review "[McConaghy] brings the reader into a world where humans have beaten the world into submission and out of balance, and mixes literary eco-fiction with elements of mystery and thriller novels." ― The Seattle Times "Gripping and often very moving . . . Despite the darkness and pain at the heart of McConaghy’s novel, it is not a bleak book. Instead, it bears within it an argument about the possibility of change. Recognizing the presence of other ways of being, of other minds and presences enlarges us, affording us a glimpse of the unknowable." ― The Sydney Morning Herald "Far more than an old wolves' tale. Instead, it illustrates what it’s like to be an outsider―from both a human and animal perspective―and the level of healing and acceptance it takes from within to be accepted and to accept yourself." ― Electric Literature "The Australian author made waves with last summer's Migrations , a meditation on climate change and loneliness, and returns with a new story set in the Scottish Highlands, where two twin sisters join a team attempting to reintroduce a pack of wolves to their natural surroundings." ― Entertainment Weekly "Spellbinding . . . Charlotte McConaghy has once again created a world where we must balance trust and fear, humanity and nature." ―Washington Independent Review of Books "From the author of 2020's gorgeous Migrations comes a similarly earth-shattering tale of humanity's influence on the natural world." ―Thrillist "Urges us to take a lesson from the wolves, and learn to lean on one another." ―BookRiot "A lyrical novel with a wild heart." ―PopSugar "A moving, moody story by the author of the 2020 novel Migrations ." ―AARP "This poetic and atmospheric novel is a mystery, a celebration of wolves, and a tribute to those who work to rewild our landscapes." ―EcoLit Books "McConaghy excels at conveying the sensuous experience of nature and the emotions it provokes: wonder at its majesty, sorrow at its destruction. Unflinching in its view of the harm humans inflict on the environment and on each other―and insisting on the interconnectedness of the two― Once There Were Wolves delivers a powerful call for hope in the fac